elw4796
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RE: 2019-20 Men's and Women's Basketball Schedules
(08-02-2019 12:16 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: (08-02-2019 10:51 AM)elw4796 Wrote: (08-02-2019 10:32 AM)dragon2owl Wrote: Aggies already pushing for the Rice game. Have to fill Tudor with Rice fans.
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Texas tussle in the Top-25
Mark your calendars, the Aggies travel to Houston to take on the Rice Owls on November 17th
Quote:Texas A&M and Rice have agreed to a November 17 game during the 2019-20 season at Rice's Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston. Both the Aggies and Owls finished last season ranked in the final AP Top 25 poll, with A&M checking in at No. 14 and Rice at No. 21.
"We're excited about playing another quality program that has developed into a consistent NCAA contender," said Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair. "We were prepared to play Rice in the NCAA Tournament last year—knowing that they were going to give Marquette a game in the First Round. Both programs are quite familiar with one another."
"I think it's going to be a battle down at Tudor Fieldhouse, and the best way to win that battle is to have as many Aggies in the building as Rice fans," Blair added. "I'm happy to take my Houston-area players back home and play in front of the numerous Aggie fans from the area."
https://12thman.com/news/2019/8/2/womens...tchup.aspx
Likewise with the Houston game, I just don't see why we couldn't have scheduled our premier home game for a Saturday. For one, you're competing with the NFL. More importantly, everybody knows that Rice students get plastered on Fridays and Saturdays and recover/do all their school work on Sundays. I'm sure we'll still get a decent crowd, but again, I'm imagining a 7:00 primetime Saturday game against a ranked A&M which would've been a really cool experience.
You are ignoring one important point. Houston and aTm have a say in when we play Houston and aTm.
Sure, I realize there are intricacies to scheduling beyond just saying "I want to play Saturday." Maybe there were factors completely out of our control. Still sucks because I imagine we could've created big events, even by Rice standards, out of prime time Houston and A&M showdowns at Tudor.
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